The U.S. Agricultural System

A Target for Al-Qaeda?

Peter Chalk

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2005Published in: Terrorism Monitor, v. 3, no. 5, Mar. 10, 2005, p. 4-6

The U.S. agricultural sector remains inherently vulnerable to deliberate (and accidental) disruption. The impact of a major act of agricultural bio-terrorism in the United States would be significant and could quite easily extend beyond the farming/food-producing community to affect other segments of society.

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  • Copyright: The Jamestown Foundation
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2005
  • Pages: 3
  • Document Number: EP-200503-30

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